Quran glossary · draft

ٱلْمُسْتَعَان

support-source

Passive participle form: the support-source; the one whose support is sought.

Lexical scope

Scope: exact vocalized segment form · Occurrences: 2

Roots: عون

Lemmas: مستعان

Forms: مُسْتَعَانُ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

12:18

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

21:112

قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Where other meanings fail

supporter

12:18

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Alternative: God is the supporter against what you describe.

Research rendering: God is the support-source against what you describe.

The form is passive: the one whose support is sought. 'Support-source' is less cumbersome than the full phrase while preserving the passive direction better than 'supporter'.